LG U880

Discontinued24th October 2005

The LG U880 is billed by LG as the "world's
slimmest 3G phone" - and at 18.2mm thick, we can't
think of any 3G phone that's thinner - it's skinnier
even than the Motorola
V3x 3G phone which is 19.6mm thick.

It's certainly one of the lightest 3G
phones too, at 99 grams it just breaks the magical "100
gram" barrier for 3G handsets. It's a squarer phone
than most LG 3G phones, and the external antenna has
now been tucked inside the case. However, the model
name (U880) is a little baffling.. perhaps they shaved
off a digit to save some weight?

As you can guess by the branding
on the photograph on the right, the LG U880 will be exclusively
available on the Hutchison 3 network in Europe, Hong
Kong and Australia.

As a comparison, the Motorola V3x has
a higher resolution screen (240x320 pixels), twin cameras
(main one is 2.0 megapixels), and 5 hours claimed talktime,
but only 5Mb of internal memory (it also uses TransFlash/microSD
expansion), no external media player controls and the
V3x is significantly heavier at 125 grams - it's also
1.4mm thicker. We'd argue that on technical specifications,
both the LG U880 and V3x are roughly equivalent, although
the Motorola handset looks prettier in our view.

LG and 3 hope to have the LG U880 in
the shops before Christmas this year.